Belt-stretcher.



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UNITED sTATEs .PATENT oEEioE.

WILFRED BAKER, OF ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BE LT STR ETCHER.

Speccation of L'etters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907'.

applies-abn ned Emi 31,1906. serai 110.3091134.

Be it known that I, WILERED BAKER, a citizen of kthe United States, residing at Aberdeen, in thecounty oi Brown and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and use- VJrul Improvements in Belt Stretchers, of

which t e following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in belt-stretchers; and the object of my improvements is toprovide means for stretching a belt and for holding the ends of same While being laced or linked together.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention; Fig. 2, a cross-sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1

Fig. 3, a cross-sectionalview taken onthe line 3 3 oi Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a view of the left-hand vend of Fig. 2, and Fig.` 5 `a view of the righthand end of Fig. 3.

Reterringto the representtwo clam s arranged one above the other and having t eiropposite ends mounted in` slotted frames 3 and 4, respectively,

` tating therollers.

Y roller 13.

'and provided in their outer ends with pins 5 and 6 to prevent the withdrawal 'of the yclamps from the Jframes v3 and `4, which latter are provided, respectively', with thumbscrews 7 and 8 for engagement with the ends ofclamp 1. A link 9 is hinged at 10 to the frame 4.and is adapted to support the adjacent end of clamp `2. The reference-numerals 12 and 13 indicate twoyrollers arranged one above .the other and having their opposite ends rotatably mounted in the slotted frames 14 and 15and provided'at one end with en- 12 is` provided with a crank -lever 18 for ro- Said frames 14 and 15 are provided withV set-screws 19 and 20, respectively. Hinged to frame 14 at 11 is a link:

21,`adapted to support'the adjacent end of .Said trames 3 l5 and 4 14r are connected, respectively, by side bars 22 and 23, which have theirends passingthrough and secured in said frames.

To stretch a belt with my device, one end otthe'belt, as indicated by the dotted lines 24, is secured between-the clamps 1 and 2in the position shown` in 1. he oposite end oi' belt, as indicated y the dotte lines y 25, is then inserted between the'rollers 12 13 and the latter caused to rmly engage the drawings indetail, 1 and 2 belt by means of the set-screws 19 20. The rollers are then rotated by means of the lever 18 so as to draw and hold the ends of the belt together while the same are sewed .or linked together, as shown in Fig. 1. Then the-thumb -screws 7 8 and 19 2O are unscrewed and the links 9 and 21 swung outwardly, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, to permit one end of the clamp v2 and roller 13 to drop down, as indicated by the dotted outline of vsame in Figs. 2 and 3, after which the belt-stretcher may be removed Jfrom the belt.

The rollers, if desired, may be covered with rubber, leather, or the like to prevent their marri'ng the belt.

yHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.. In a belt-stretcher, a suitable frame, engaging rollers mounted one above the other in said frame, engaging gears mounted on said rollers, means Jorrotating said rollers, clamps mounted one above the other in the frame opposite said rollers, links hinged to the `frame and adapted respectively to engage or disengage and to support one end of the lower roller and one end of the lower clamp.

2.' In a device of the character described, two pair of slotted frames, two rollers mounted one above the other in one pair 'of said frames, means for rotating said rollers, two clamps arranged one above the other and having their ends mounted in the other pair ofirames, bars connecting the roller- Acarry the adjacent end of the lower roller,

and a link hinged to one ofthe clamp-trames and adapted to carry the adjacent end ofthe lower clamp.

3. In a belt-stretcher, two pair of slotted i frames, two rollers having bearings mounted in one pair of said frames, means for rotating the rollers, means for disengaging one endof one of the rollers, two clamps having their ends mounted in the other pair of frames, means for disengaging one end of one of the clamps, and bars connecting the roller-frames with the clamp-frames.

4. In a belt-stretcher, a suitable frame provided with means for holding one end of a IOO belt, rollers mounted in the frame and adapt- "means Jfor disconnecting the stretcher and ed to engage and hold the opposite end ofthe belt after Connecting the ends of the' latter. 1o belt, and means Jfor operating the rollers. In testimony whereof I aliX my signature 5. In a belt-stretcher, a suitable frame y in presence of tWo Witnesses. v

- 5v provided With means for holding the end of a r A WILFRED BAKER.

belt, rollers having bearings in said frame Witnesses: and adapted to hold the opposite end of the. C. H. ANDERSON, belt, means for rotating the rollers, and v C, S. AOKER.k 

